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Descriptions of the real estate of the CROCKETTs and their neighbors in original Somerset County, Maryland place them on the north side of the Wicomico River near where it joins the Chesapeake Bay. Shiles Creek flows into the Wicomico River there. Later the town of Whitehaven was built as the site of the ferry. Two centuries later, in 1867, the land on the northern side of the river was taken from Somerset Co and went into the creation of Wicomico Co. The area on the northern side of the river was known also as Stepney Parish.
One CROCKETT branch moved northwards from the Wicomico River to a part of Worcester Co, MD, which became a part of Sussex Co, DE, when the Mason-Dixon line was surveyed. There, some CROCKETTs carried on saw milling. This was just a few miles east from the port town of Vienna, Dorchester Co, MD, where the main customs house for Maryland stood.
Richard CROCKETT (b: ca 1640s) m: perhaps _____ RICE
If Richard CROCKETT was fairly young when he arrived in Maryland ca 1664, then he was born probably in the late 1630s-early 1640s. Richard CROCKETT married possibly a daughter of Nicholas RICE by about 1670 (or 1671) when Nicholas RICE made his LW&T in Somerset Co, MD. Thus any children of Richard could have been born in the late 1660s, the 1670s, or even as late as the 1680s. The only fairly certain child of Richard (I) was Richard (II). Possibly there was a Robert.
Not knowing when Richard died, it is impossible to be absolutely certain whether events toward the end of the 17th and opening of the 18th centuries pertain to the senior or the junior Richard. Some appear to have telescoped "Richard I" and "Richard II" into a single individual.
1664: Paul Marsh transported himself, Richard CROCKETT, and Henry Hill to Maryland and received 150 acres in exchange (MD Old Land Grants Vol 8, page 202). In order to bring in new settlers, Maryland (as did Virginia), offered land to those who would pay their own way and/or that of someone interested in coming to the Colony. There were sometimes conditions such as services to be performed by those whose way was paid. Marsh was first granted land on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, but within the next few years he was granted land in original Somerset Co. It would be interesting to know where Marsh came from as it is very likely that Richard CROCKETT and Henry Hill were from there as well. Unfortunately, his origin is not known. He may have been of England or Ireland. Many English who went to Ireland were former soldiers who had been granted land for service in Cromwell's army which between 1649 and 1652 pacified Ireland. Others came direstly to the Colonies. "Capt" Paul Marsh did not move to old Somerset Co until the late 1660s. In 1669, he was commissioned "Captain of Foot from Nantecoke to Manaokin." In 1670, Marsh purchased "Dunkirke" formed from parts of "Jones Hole" and "Sunken Ground" from James Jones (wife Sarah). Eventually he moved to Sussex Co, DE. Richard CROCKETT may or may not have lived at first in original Somerset Co, MD.
1670 (or 1671 new style?), Jan 5: The LW&T of Nicholas RICE; proved 15 March 1677 (or is that 1678 new style?), Somerset Co, MD. Nicholas RICE left his land and most of his personal property to Richard CROCKETT and John Evans. They were executors and principal heirs after bequests to Robert Hardy's daughter Eliza, three children of Philip Ascue, and Mary Bishop. Witnesses were Thos Dashiell ["Daniell" in the MCW: vol 1 abstract is unlikely] and Thos Wilson. (The original could be consulted. It is at Annapolis, MD.)
Richard CROCKETT (II), possibly born in the 1660s or 1670s, m: Alice (possibly WALLER, born 22 April 1666). They married probably in the early 1690s, definitely by August 1694. Richard died in 1727 leaving three sons and three daughters. Some have asserted that Alice's maiden name was SHILES; however, probably she was a daughter of Alice MAJOR who first married John WALLER (b: ca 1625 in England). After John WALLER died, Alice married next Thomas SHILES making the younger Alice a step-daughter of Thomas SHILES. After the death of Thomas SHILES, Alice (MAJOR) (WALLER) SHILES married Captain Richard WHITTY and had a daughter Sarah WHITTY in 1668.
The Prerogative Court seems to indicate that the LW&T was made on 28 Feb 1726/27 and proved about four months later in June 1727; the estate was inventoried in September 1727. The county record, however, seems to indicate a probate 26 April 1728, which would have followed the inventory. That might be the final date at which probate was concluded.
On 28 Feb 1726/27, Richard CROCKETT, of Somerset Co, MD, signed his LW&T. Wife Alice. Children: Robert, Richard, John, and three others. To son John, Richard left part of a tract beginning at Cedar Landing on Shiles Creek. To sons Robert and Richard and their heirs, Richard left the residue of land lying in the neck. Son Richard was to have the dwelling plantation. To wife Alice, executrix, Richard left personal estate which at her decease was to be divided among the six children, all then living at home. Richard, John, and Robert CROCKETT and John Evans, Junior, witnessed the will. The LW&T was proved 26 April 1728 according to Somerset Co records. An inventory was filed 15 Sept 1727 according to state records. Later references to the LW&T in deeds make it clear that he left three sons, those named in the LW&T.
One of the daughters probably was Jane who married Samuel FLUELLIN and named a son Richard Crockett FLUELLIN.
It seems, then, that there would have been another origin for Sampson CROCKETT. I know I have seen material about other CROCKETT families, but circumstances are going to prevent me from looking for what I may have.
There is an excellent book on the Crocketts of the Eastern Shore and I'll look up ordering info or you can find it on the Internet.
All best,
Don
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